Still get error message after repairing permissions. There were only a few permissions issues, and none looked like anything PowerMail would care about.
I'll next try installing it from another account. - Winston Winston Weinmann wrote: >I have downloaded the PM 6 .dmg installer twice directly to my desktop, >then opened the disk image and tried to copy it from there to the >applications folder. I also tried copying to my desktop, and tried >copying the PM folder at the top level of the disk image. I get the >error message whatever I try. The application does copy, but I lose the >custom icon and it won't open. > >I can try to open PM 6 from the installer disk image, but it stops with >a message that it needs to run from a writable disk. > >I recently replaced my hard drive and have since done a complete system >reinstall. > >I'll try repairing permissions. > >Thanks for any other ideas. > >- Winston > > > >PowerMail Engineering wrote: > >>Winston, >> >>>Can I run PowerMail 6 on a 1.5 GHz G4 PowerBook with Mac OS 10.4.11? >> >>Yes >> >>>I paid for PM 6, but can't get it to install. When I try to copy PM 6 to >>>my Applications folder I get the message: >>> >>>"The alias "Resources" cannot be copied to the destination, perhaps >>>because the destination does not support this type of alias". >> >>Strange; are you copying it directly from the disk image to the >>application folder? I would guess from this message that the application >>was copied to/from a FAT (windows) volume, such as an USB stick, or >>something like this. >> >>>I'm also having a problem trying to install FoxTrot Personal Search. The >>>web site is not clear which version I should use. The later version >>>(3.4?) won't work, and the previous version (2.6) won't accept the >>>registration code I received via Kagi. >> >>FoxTrot 3.2.1 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later. >>FoxTrot 2.6 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. >>You have a FoxTrot 3 license code, so we will send you a FoxTrot 2 >>license code as well. >> >> >>Jérôme - CTM Engineering >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >> "Incredibly powerful and useful. If you're thinking "Yeah, I have >> Spotlight, and it was free" then think again. FoxTrot is instantaneous. >> It lets you do those good boolean searches that Spotlight makes >> impossible to do (or to remember how to do). I can't believe how fast >> it finds Mail messages, and then shows me the subject line, mailbox >> location, and the full text of the message in preview." >> FoxTrot Personal Search user comment on www.macupdate.com >> >> Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > > >
